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To: Matt Prosser, CEO of Dorset Council
Dorset Council: Don't Make Staff Pay To Work!
Staff, working at Dorset Council provide essential public services for our community. They are now having to pay up £6 a day or £300 annually, simply so they can go to work providing the services that our communities rely on so heavily.
Dorset Council decided to impose these charges and have, so far, ignored a collective grievance signed by over 140 staff.
Sign our petition calling on Dorset Council to:
- Pause the implementation
- Engage with the trade unions
- Undertake a full staff consultation
Why is this important?
We believe staff parking should be free for those who are contractually required to use their car for work such as social workers, and free for those who require parking nearby as a reasonable adjustment due to a disability.
It is also deeply unfair that those on low incomes are having to pay the same as Directors and the Chief Executive. Staff are being forced to buy a £300 a year flexi permit, or pay £6 per day, when executives on over £100,000 a year will be paying much less of a percentage of their income. Staff are being banned for 30 days without appeal if they have not purchased a ticket.
As a result staff that can't afford to pay are having to park on residential streets, which is having a detrimental impact on residents in Dorchester.
Councillors are able to park for free in all Council owned car parks when undertaking Council business, this is right but it should apply to employees of the Council too.
Staff morale is at an all time low and workplace stress at an all time high.
This is an unfair system that needs to be reconsidered by Dorset Council.
It is also deeply unfair that those on low incomes are having to pay the same as Directors and the Chief Executive. Staff are being forced to buy a £300 a year flexi permit, or pay £6 per day, when executives on over £100,000 a year will be paying much less of a percentage of their income. Staff are being banned for 30 days without appeal if they have not purchased a ticket.
As a result staff that can't afford to pay are having to park on residential streets, which is having a detrimental impact on residents in Dorchester.
Councillors are able to park for free in all Council owned car parks when undertaking Council business, this is right but it should apply to employees of the Council too.
Staff morale is at an all time low and workplace stress at an all time high.
This is an unfair system that needs to be reconsidered by Dorset Council.
How it will be delivered
We will deliver the petition to Matt Prosser, Chief Executive of Dorset Council